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Governors' Action Plan

The first action of the Alliance was to release the Governors’ Action Plan for Healthy and Resilient Coasts, which challenged this new partnership to make tangible, short-term progress between March 2006 and March 2009. The Governors’ Action Plan intended to serve as a dynamic starting point for effective regional collaboration, and has set the stage for a long-term regional partnership that can address an expanded suite of issues. The plan contains several actions to be implemented in conjunction with the six Mexican Gulf States, allowing for the Alliance to serve as a forum for effective bi-national partnerships.

The Governors’ Action Plan outlines 11 actions, each of which has specific 36-month outcomes and an Action Blueprint that describes critical steps to achieve these outcomes. This plan is significant in that both state and federal agencies and other partners have made specific commitments to achieve the outcomes outlined in the Governors’ Action Plan. These commitments are detailed in an associated Implementation Activities Matrix.

Implementation Activities Matrix (pdf, 81 KB)

Prior to the release of the Governors’ Action Plan, the Alliance sponsored a series of eight Community Workshops throughout the Gulf region, during late 2005 and early 2006. The workshops solicited local community input for the development of the plan.

Community Workshop Summary Report August 2006 (pdf, 1.080 MB)

 

What is the Status of the Governors' Action Plan?

Implementation Status of the 73 Action Blueprint Steps in the Governors' Action Plan - As of January 2008

The Alliance periodically releases implementation updates, which describe specific successes across the six priority issue areas.

 

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